It is not known exactly when the chapel of Villaroland was founded, perhaps in the late 12th century or the 14th century. It bears architectural features that are characteristic of Romanesque art, you see: a single pointed barrel-arch nave and a semi-dome apse like the chapels of Saint Pierre d’Extravache or L’Écot, near Bonneval-sur-Arc in Maurienne. It is not possible to pinpoint an exact date from these elements, however. With no precise date for describing this as a "Romanesque chapel", we will make do with calling it a chapel of "Romanesque tradition".